aragonite

See also: Aragonite

English

Etymology

Aragon +‎ -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.

Noun

aragonite (countable and uncountable, plural aragonites)

1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.

Derived terms

• aragonitic

Translations

saline evaporate

• Catalan: aragonita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霰石 (zh) (xiànshí)

• Esperanto: aragonito
• Estonian: aragoniit
• Finnish: aragoniitti
• French: aragonite (fr) f
• German: Aragonit (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: aragonite f
• Japanese: 霰石 (あられいし, arareishi)
• Navajo: hadahoniyeʼ
• Portuguese: aragonita (pt) f
• Russian: арагони́т (ru) m (aragonít)
• Slovak: aragonit (sk) m
• Spanish: aragonito (es) m, aragonita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Aragonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “aragonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Noun

aragonite f (plural aragonites)

1. (mineralogy) aragonite

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Italian

Noun

aragonite f (plural aragoniti)

1. (mineralogy) aragonite